The seventh meeting of the Korea–U.S. Joint Coordination Panel for Aquaculture Cooperation was held at NOAA’s Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research in Beaufort, N.C. on May 20–24, 2014. The panel was composed of aquaculture experts from Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, NOAA Sea Grant, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, and NCCOS.

Panelists were charged with managing a portfolio of research and technology exchanges, including: aquaculture feeds, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, oyster aquaculture, impacts of harmful algal blooms on fish and shellfish physiology, recirculating aquaculture technology, and environmental monitoring and modeling of aquaculture in the coastal ocean and estuaries.

NCCOS researcher Dr. James Morris explains aquaculture research and technology to Korean delegation.